“I went into qualifying with modest ambition, and suddenly by the time the final came around we are back to having high expectations and I thought ‘it’s all going to go wrong’.

“We have our coaches in the last kilometre telling you whether you’re up or down and I think if you’re down your head goes, and I think that’s what happened to her. I’ve been in that position myself so it’s nice to be on this side of it.”

World champion Elinor Barker was able to wear her world champion’s rainbow jersey in the points race but was forced to settle for eighth as Trine Schmidt won the title.

Team pursuit Olympic champion Barker took points in three of the sprints, but having missed an early lap gain was left to try and ignite an attack over the 100-lap race.

In the men’s sprint, both Phil Hindes and Ryan Owens exited in the 1/8 finals. Hindes, who had qualified in 12th, was beaten by Ukrainian Andril Vynokurov, having defeated Jose Moreno Sanchez in his 1/16 final.

Owens, who qualified in 14th, saw off Luca Ceci of Italy in the 1/16 finals but was knocked out by world champion Denis Dmitriev, despite pushing the Russian close.

Chris Latham ended the four-event men’s omnium in 16th.

Eighth, 18th and 16th in the scratch, tempo and elimination races respectively left Latham in 16th on 42 points heading into the points race, where his total and position remained the same.

Katy Marchant was sixth in the 500m time trial with Sophie Capewell 12th as Miriam Welte took gold. Kian Emadi was 18th in the elimination race, won by Gerben Thijssen of Belgium.